Virology
Mpox Virus – Recent Developments and Concerns
The mpox virus, previously known as monkeypox, has remained an important public health concern since the eradication of smallpox in 1980. In 2022 and again in 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared mpox a public health emergency. This marks ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2024
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Covid-19 Variant XBB.1.5 Emerges as a New Threat
The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant called XBB.1.5 has experts worried about the potential for a significant upsurge in cases globally. The first case of this new strain was found in India, and it has already caused concern due ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
June Almeida
The contributions of June Almeida in diagnostic use of electron microscopy which has helped in the early detection of the SARS CoV 2 is being discussed. About June Almeida is a Scottish virologist born in 1930 in Glasgow. She became ..
NIV scientists isolate 11 strains of COVID-19
Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune have isolated 11 strains of the Covid-19, which is the first step towards developing a vaccine for containing a disease. India has become the fifth country to successfully isolate the strains. ..
Clinical Human Infection Model – CHIM
In CHIM, the researchers infected healthy volunteers with a weak strain of pathogen in a controlled setting. This helped them to learn more about infection and develop new vaccines. The model helps in the following It helps to study about ..
Gagandeep Kang becomes India’s first female scientist to be elected Royal Society Fellow
The Royal Society of London has announced a list of 51 eminent scientists elected to its fellowship in the year 2019. Among these is Dr. Gagandeep Kang, who is now with the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad. With ..
Typbar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
Bharat Biotech’s Typbar TCV, the world’s first clinically proven typhoid conjugate vaccine, has received pre-qualification from the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is the fourth generation vaccine against typhoid, proven to provide long-term protection to adults and infants – six ..
Kerala makes vaccinations compulsory for school admissions
The Kerala government has recently made vaccination compulsory for school admissions to Class 1 from the 2018-’19 academic year. Parents will have to show details of immunization shots given to children during enrolment in school. The health minister of Kerala ..
ICMR and IVI sign pact to collaborate on Vaccine research and development
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Union Ministry of Health has inked a pact with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to collaborate on vaccine research and development. With this partnership, India will commit an annual contribution of ..
Cabinet approves for Indo-UK JV on affordable healthcare
The Cabinet approved the implementation of a joint venture programme on affordable Healthcare. The Department of Biotechnology and the Wellcome Trust, London, U.K., one of the world’s largest bio-medical research charities, propose to establish a joint funding initiative called R&D ..